Recent warming in the Yellow/East China Sea during winter and the associated atmospheric circulation

Continental Shelf Research

Volumn 30, Issue 13, 2010, Pages 1428-1434

  Yeh, Sang Wook ^a   Kim, Cheol Ho ^b  

^a Hanyang University   (South Korea)

^b Korea Research Institute of Ships and Ocean Engineering   (South Korea)

Author keywords

A warming trend; NPO like sea level pressure; Yellow East China Sea

Indexed keywords

ANTICYCLONE; ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; LATENT HEAT FLUX; SEA LEVEL PRESSURE; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SENSIBLE HEAT FLUX; WARMING; WINTER;

EAST CHINA SEA; PACIFIC OCEAN; YELLOW SEA;

EID: 77954624165     PISSN: 02784343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.csr.2010.05.002     Document Type: Article

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